2015 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 10 - Education and Culture
Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities
Section 10-76k - (Formerly Sec. 10-76i). Development of experimental educational programs.

(a) Any local or regional board of education or any other public or private nonprofit organization or agency, may prepare and develop experimental educational plans and submit them to the State Board of Education, provided all such proposals coming from organizations other than a board of education shall be approved by the local or regional board of education before submission to the state board. Each such plan shall specify, describe and support with reasons the following: (1) The objectives of such plan; (2) the methods of evaluation to be employed; (3) the area to be served by and from which pupils will be drawn for the experimental educational project; (4) the policies, standards and methods to be employed in the selection of pupils; (5) the policies, standards and methods with respect to the operation of the project, including administrative organization, grouping of pupils, educational and instructional practices, the use and functioning of teachers and other instructional and supervisory personnel, choice of educational materials and equipment, allocation of curricular time and use of extraschool cultural facilities; (6) the site, size, design, estimated capital cost and method of financing of any school or other building, or specific standards and criteria for determining the same; (7) the expected sources of financial support together with estimates of the required annual budgets for the first two years of operation, exclusive of capital costs of land and buildings; (8) the policies and standards with respect to professional staff, including qualifications, estimated salary scales and methods of selection of professional personnel; and (9) provision for direct participation by members of the communities and students to be served by such experimental educational projects, in planning, policy-making and service function affecting such projects. The State Board of Education may accept, reject or modify any such experimental educational project, or it may request the revision and resubmission of such plan, if said board finds such plan does not conform to the educational interests of the state, as defined in section 10-4a and other sections of the general statutes. Acceptance of an experimental educational project by the State Board of Education shall constitute compliance of the plan with this and other sections of this title.

(b) The State Board of Education shall furnish assistance to all applicants in the planning and developing of projects under this section.

(c) All experimental educational projects conducted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be evaluated at least annually.

(1969, P.A. 640; 1971, P.A. 430; P.A. 73-322; P.A. 78-218, S. 71; P.A. 82-314, S. 50, 63; P.A. 92-170, S. 9, 26.)

History: 1971 act deleted provision limiting boards to no more than three experimental projects, allowed public or private nonprofit organizations to develop experimental plans with approval of school district board of education, required plan to specify objectives and methods of evaluation to be used and to provide for participation in development of plan by students, clarified conditions under which modifications may be requested by state board and added Subsecs. (b) and (c) re assistance given and review and evaluation by state board; Sec. 10-76i was transferred to Sec. 10-76k in 1972; P.A. 73-322 amended Subsec. (c) to change review deadline from March first to February first; P.A. 78-218 specified applicability to local or regional boards and changed deadline in Subsec. (c) to February fifteenth; P.A. 82-314 changed official name of education committee; P.A. 92-170 amended Subsec. (c) to remove a requirement that the state board review proposals and programs with the education committee of the general assembly.

Cited. 179 C. 694; 228 C. 699; 229 C. 1.